The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-29
NOTES OF TRAVEL.
a HAUNT AMONG THE OLD RED
HILLS OF GEORGIA.

r,lnerb CrCpS-The traditional Croaker
wonderful Corn Prospective Wolf
of tho Door-Griffin-The Bigamist,
wood-A Moral Painted-The Me-
+ropolis of Northwest Georgia, Rome
Her Great Resources and Promising
E,,tlre--The Jewels of tho City-A
New Hotel Chattanooga-A Smoky,
Int Lively PlaCe-Good Outlook for
the South -- Lookout Mountain
rawkinsville-Now and Then-Her
Commerce and ndustries-Personal
--Opening of the Ocmulgee River
FINS.
The writer has just returned from an
other iaunt among the old red hills of
Georgia. this time extending his journey to
Chattanooga, the great manufacturing
town of our sister State, Tennessee, and then
sweeping back into Southwest Georgia Our
noint of departure was from Macon, over
tbe easy-going Central. and Griffin, the only
Mace of debarkation save for a change of
cars at Atlanta, ere reaching Rome. All
along the line Of route the crops of corn and
cotton were simply magnificent-better
indeed than have been known for quite a
term of years. All the same the croaker is
still alive and as mgubrious as ever. One
Of that i1 made the depressing remark that
there was mo use counting chickens before
they were Matched" In the course of a
long farming experience, he had never
known the crop promise as fiattering ut this
stage of the season but in three instances
and in each case the yield of cotton that
wear had never been shorter,
According to the doctrine of chances this
will not happen always, however, so the
peopIo NAV take heart and hope for the
best At least it is blessed reflection that
the combined croaking of all the human
ravens in the land cannot gainsay the truth
of an assured and abundant corn harvest
The fact is made patent by the lusty ears
filed 10 the top with plump grains Of this
valuable cereal, which greet the eye of the
traveller alike in North, South, East
and West Georgia from hundreds
of thousands of broad acres. Already
fodder pulling has commenced and the
stalks fairly staggcr under their precious
burden Our dear old commonwealth will
be the Egypt of the South next year--a
very cOrnucOpia.
Griffin is one of the most healthy and
prosperous towns i'll the State. 1t is steadi-
" improving, and when the projected rail
roads are finished her progress will be still
more rapid.
Prohibition in Atlanta has proved IL
bonanza to the place, and large quantities
of liquor go up the road every day. Sew
eral important manufacturing establish
ments are located here and the surrounding
country is peculiarly adapted to the growth
OF the vine, peaches, pears and other fruits
WOOD, THE BIGAMIsT AND THIEF.
New revelations continue to come in con-
corning the former career of this infamous
impOstOr. Never was an innocent family
and IInsuSpecting community more basely
outraged. The whole story fully written
out would vie with the most sensational
work Of fiction in its varied phases and
startling incidents. What a lesson to
parents to guard the associations of their
families more carefully. 1t is to be hoped
the miscreant will be arrested even yet and
brought to justice.
ROME,
which is posted upon more hills and rivers
than the imperial city whose name she
bears, is fast becoming the metropolis of
Northwest Georgia. Already she claims
1900 iIlha bitantS, and is becoming nota
BILE railway and manufacturing centre
Her navigable streams, too, the Coo5a and
OStapsqla, add no little to the commercial
Importance of the city. When the ObstTuc-
tons to the channel of the former have
been removed and
GRAND WATER WAY
to the Gulf of Mexico has been opened up,
who can set any limit to the future pros
perlty OF ROmel The alluvial valleys of
the vicinity are far superior to Mississippi
bottoms in salubrity, and equally fertile,
producing immense crops of cotton and
grain A magnificent hotel also is to be
built forthwith which will supply every
modern convenience and luxury to the trav
cling public. These hurried notes, however,
written ctdente cdtanlo, merely purport to
afford passing glimpscs of the places Wis
The mind of the writer. From so short an
Inspection Of course 1t is impossible to enter
INTO details
THE JEWELS OF THE CITY
are her admirable foundations of learning.
A Prominent among these stand Shorter Fc
male College and Rome Female College.
Inc former, under the fostering care of its
resident, Rev. l.. T. Gwaltney, ID. d., has
taken rank with the best institutions in the
SOUTH Over two hundred young ladies
were hatrlculated the present year, and the
curriculum of study embraces all the
branches essential TO a finished female edu-
caIioh This seminary is conducted under
I tDe auspices Of the Baptist denomination.
Inc college ediice is an imposing structure
u brlck, occupying an eminence which
commands a magnificent panoramic view of
the numerous lofty hills and picturesque
q valleys which bound the horizon.
ROME FEMALE COLLEGE,
Presbyterian institution has been in
eAiStence forty years, and has proved an
IHeStllnable blessing to that whole region
Vhe notable feature in its management is
tle education of the daughters of deceased
cteeFgymen Any church deprived by death
81 vi us pastor, by raising very moderate
suIn, may confer upon his orphaned girls
Iue Incompatible bcnefaction of practical
uilg complete education by placing them
uIU'ef The care of the excellent President,
ReV'J. NJ. NJ. Caldwell. This godly man had
u'e misfortune not long since to lose his help
tyeO Tor life and associate in the conduct of
tte school, Mrs Caldwell. Indeed, she was
cue founder Of the institution. A bright
alu sanity woman, hundreds sincerely
II9Hrhed her loss. Like Shorter, the site of
t i,,a college also is very elevated and beau
li, nc writer was the guest of Mr.. J, M.
hl"Groi, Of the Central Hotel, III whose
Mus LhS hostile is one of the best kept in
north Georgia.
" I"lN'ng but single day at the Palace
st,g Yl III Chattanooga IA new and splendid
,uuclHre Just opened to the public, your
,Tr,N"pondcnt took birds eye view of
i@,,,,lHIhSocS grcnt manufacturing city. like
a,a,,,NIturg 1t Is developed in smoke and SCOT
ino' ''al, presenting by no means an invit-
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